Zambesi: David Livingstone and Expeditionary Science in Africa - Couverture rigide

Dritsas, Lawrence

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1845117050 ISBN 13 : 9781845117054

Editeur : I.B. Tauris, 2010

Synopsis

Zambesi Tells the story of David Livingstone's Zambesi Expedition. This book reveals the rivalry among the Victorian Britain's establishment figures and institutions, including the Foreign Office, the Royal Society, Royal Geographical Society, British Museum, and Kew Gardens and the Admiralty. Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

'Zambesi' tells the story of David Livingstone's Zambesi Expedition. It exposes the rivalry among some of Victorian Britain's leading establishment figures and institutions - including the Foreign Office, the Royal Society, Royal Geographical Society, British Museum, Kew Gardens and the Admiralty - as abolitionists, scientists, and entrepreneurs sought to promote and protect their differing interests. Making use of letters, documents and materials negelcted by previous writers and researchers, the author reveals how tensions arose from the very beginning between those in pursuit of knowledge for its own sake and the proponents of the civilising missions who saw scientific knowledge as the utilitarian means to a social end. The result is an exciting story involving one of England's most feted Victorian heroes that offers important new insights in the the practice and politics of expeditionary science in Victorian England. The definitive account of the expedition to date.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Lawrence Dritsas is a Fellow with the School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh. He has a long-standing interest in the history of scientific expeditions and especially in the exploration of Africa.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: I.B. Tauris
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1845117050
• ISBN 13: 9781845117054
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256